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Fishing the Wharfe recently on a stretch I had not visited last year .I walked the banks to check out the swims I knew the layout of,only to find that they had become overgrown and thick with HB. Nobody had so much as set foot in them and other anglers had seemingly just stuck to two easily...

A very peaceful River Wensum. David.

Old reels, Okuma Multis are nowhere near the quality of their freshwater fixed spools, made of monkey metal mostly. I have had some in for service and really they are poor . I would not want to put a value on it as who knows what it is like inside . The Shimano ,if it has been serviced and...

I have spent quite a few years now wading in estuaries when bass fishing, using frozen sandeel, I wear chesties and just use a nylon belt with a couple of carabiners looped over them to clip on my bait flasks. The sea sometimes washes up to my arrmpits if a rogue wave decides to chase me, or...

I have the Okuma Longbow baitrunners, they came I think before the Epix pros. They are fairly large reels , robust, solid, with a fantastic front drag , they get used every time I dig out the Fox Barbel Duo Flood rods, a bulletproof pairing . Old , No, just reliable ! David

Read the above to my wife, she is interested in the Hoover, some scrubbing brushes, Fabric softener, and the laundry detergent. I take it you will deliver to West Yorkshire ? Glad to help you in your time of need. David.

Nice tidy reel Bill, if I did not have a dozen ‘pins I would be tempted at that price. david

I made myself a couple of line winders years ago, 1 x rotation equals 1 yard. Every reel spool has backing which is loaded to leave room for 100 yards of line of whatever bs the reel is used for . It is an easy job to either load the spool with new line or measure out 100 yards on the line...

Dog spikes are fine. I have used mine of some very steep River Wye banks for a good numberbof years , and never ever had a problem. So long as you screw them in far enough. Sometimes when you are using them to actually pull yourself up instead of just to steady yourself they will bend a bit...

Hi Paul, Hi Paul, yes at 11.30 am. As far as I can tell the wierpool is free fishing, but just downstream it belongs to Oxmead Buxton Lamas AC , who also have a stretch upstream of the mill from the first field , which gives about 80 yards of available free river before you reach the private...

River Bure at Buxton with Lamas . David

I cannot let such words go without comment. In the mid to late 15 century our Yorkshire forbears took to arms in what have become known as “ The wars of the Roses” Stout Yorkshiremen realised that the dreaded Red Rose county wanted , desired and thought they could walk over the Pennines , steal...

All a Yorkshire Pud is , is a “risen “ Pankcake really . It is hard though to imagine a Yorkshire with anything other than a good gravy . Would you put gravy on a Pancake though ? I ask miself . As Born and Bred Yorky I think the Roast Beef, and all the trimmings is the way forward, but...

Richard, nowhere in my post do I say that one bait is better than another, or do I say that processed baits are in any way superior, or inferior , I just point out that as with a lot of angling paraphenalia these days a lot of things catch anglers as opposed to fish 😋. I have every confidence...

I fish with Martin on the Ribble Derek, I have only ever seen him use Bread and Spam , and he does rather well on just those two baits, he does however use rather large baits in comparison to most other anglers, his bread flake needs to be seen to be believed, the chub below took a “bit “ of...

After reading this thread I am sure that the processed baits / flavours of virtually all baits catch more anglers than fish . As Richard Walker said many years ago , to a fish everything is edible until proved otherwise ( or something similar) But If your choice of bait and spending a lot...

Just wondering, where does the above leave those tnat use braid in its multiple colours available, never seen clear braid yet . I dont use braid and therefore cannot have any imput, but it would be interesting to see what the difference is between Braid / Mono /Flourocarbon and Copolymer . David

Signed. David

Hi Paul, I know exactly what you mean re handing onward tackle to others. Quite a few years ago we went to Gambia, I took my travel gear with me and fished most days.I did catch a lot of fish but that is not what this is about. On day 3 ,I was fishing alone about 2 miles away from the last...

Hi Adrian, I am now on the very northern tip of Skye, and have been here for almost two weeks. Your experience with lures is nothing new ! The first day and first cast into a very fishy looking rock mark produced a Pollack, about two pounds, he was unhooked and returned unharmed. Things went...